diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly-data-and-external-tool-updater.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly-data-and-external-tool-updater.yml
index 1563d66a7d7e..fa40a0f217c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly-data-and-external-tool-updater.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly-data-and-external-tool-updater.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: Weekly Data and External Tool Updater
 permissions:
   actions: none
   checks: none
-  contents: none
+  contents: write
   deployments: none
   id-token: none
   issues: none
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ jobs:
             - [ ] `run`
             - [ ] **Verify** it runs w/o erroring
             - [ ] `set method disk`
-            - [ ] **Verify** it runs w/o erroring
\ No newline at end of file
+            - [ ] **Verify** it runs w/o erroring